Tell me why Apple wants to charge people the same amount of money for the PowerPC iMacs as they do the intel iMacs?

if you can get more power for the same money isn't that your smart option. I don't know anyone would pay the same and get less performance???

They have to lower the price on the old PPC iMacs.

Or then again I bet they won't...

Matthew

I wonder if Apple's thinking here is that some users will not be as open to jumping to Intel and that they may sell the rest of their PPC systems fairly quickly.

Personally, I think this is a bad move by Apple since it sends a mixed message. If the Intel chips are so superior to the PPC chips, then clearly Apple should sell the PPC systems at a discount since it is an inferior product._________________Vote for me, and your wildest dreams will come true.. - Pedro Sanchez, "Napoleon Dynamite"

Apple has not forgotten about 64-bit computing, or x86-64 (EM64T). However, Apple is trying to make the initial phase of the transition as simple as possible. 64-bit is a requirement for systems utilizing more than 4GB of RAM, which will be a necessity for some applications in the future, and is currently possible on today's Apple systems; Apple knows 64-bit capability is a requirement for many customers, particularly in professional, server, and enterprise environments. The next generations of all of Intel processors will be 64-bit.

So I take it as, that's the reason why the PowerMacs weren't the first with Intel inside?_________________

So I take it as, that's the reason why the PowerMacs weren't the first with Intel inside?

Apple is probably waiting for the Conroe chip for the PowerMacs. I don't think 64-bit computing had anything to do with it at this point. I really wonder how the product line is going to look later this summer. It should be fun to watch it play out.

So I take it as, that's the reason why the PowerMacs weren't the first with Intel inside?

Apple is probably waiting for the Conroe chip for the PowerMacs. I don't think 64-bit computing had anything to do with it at this point. I really wonder how the product line is going to look later this summer. It should be fun to watch it play out.

In addition, they need to make sure that high-end professional apps (Apple's own, Photoshop, etc. ) are Intel native and that's going to take time. I don't think Adobe has even announced a timetable for conversion yet, though Apple's pro apps are native in March.